You will be able to study part-time, online from anywhere in the world.
Our online learning platform presents the information in a clear, succinct, and interactive way, and allows you round-the-clock access to teaching material and recordings so you can access it and learn in your own time. You will have access to video and audio recordings of all lectures and other online resources (journals, books and databases), supplementary reading and a selection of relevant journal articles, and facilitated online discussion between the faculty and other students. At the Blizard Institute, we have a dedicated team of e-learning support staff who continuously work to improve and update the online material so that you have the best student experience.
You will also have access to a number of facilities on campus should you choose to visit, including a Learning Resources Centre open around the clock with 200 networked PCs solely for the use of postgraduate students; medical libraries located at the Royal London and St Bart's hospitals and at the Queen Mary Mile End campus; access to the Postgraduate Reading Room; research access to the British Library and Senate House Library, and other facilities.
Our primary clinical partner is Barts Health NHS Trust which includes the largest trauma centre in Europe – the Royal London Hospital Major Trauma Centre (approaching 1,000 attendances daily), the largest heart attack centre in Europe, and is home to the London Air Ambulance helicopter emergency medical service. We have a rich heritage, with St. Bartholomew’s Hospital being the oldest medical school in England and the oldest hospital on a single site in Europe. Queen Mary University of London is also part of the prestigious Russell Group - a body of leading UK universities dedicated to research and teaching excellence.
London’s Air Ambulance is the only helicopter service in the capital providing emergency medical care. It operates from roof of The Royal London Hospital and can be at any point within the M25 in under 12 minutes. The helicopter, and fast response car team, offer a specialist emergency service to the 10 million people who live, work and commute within the London area. team of doctors and paramedics provide pre-hospital medical care to victims of serious injury at the scene of the incident. They perform medical procedures that are normally only carried out in hospital emergency departments. Some of our faculty have worked with or collaborated with the London Air Ambulance, and other HEMS worldwide.
In April 2010, the greater London area became the first area of the UK to implement a regional trauma system for its population of 10 million people. This is known as the Pan London Major Trauma System. Major Trauma Centres such as the Royal London Hospital have resources available 24 hours a day to manage severely injured patients, while trauma units are responsible for the local management of patients with less severe injuries. Trauma systems provide a continuum of care for all injured patients within a geographical location. This ‘inclusive’ approach to trauma care involves collaboration between ambulance services, hospitals within the region, community providers and government.